Rousing Storm

I said let me first learn to love myself
then I'd know how to properly love you.
But love doesn't really go like that.

I said I wasn't good with words, with pretty things
so I'd rather not say much, rather stand on the sidelines.
But people don't really work like that.

I said let me straighten out my life
before I could try to handle another's.
But life doesn't really wait like that.

I said no one could be another me
and I was happy enough alone with my mind.
But the world is too big to be contained like that.

I say quit justifying, dear myself
and stop accepting things you haven't tried to change.
'Cause that peace you're after doesn't mean you never have to budge.